Common use of Rules of Procedures Clause in Contracts

Rules of Procedures. 1. The Arbitral Panel shall meet in closed session. The Parties shall be present at the meetings only when invited by the Arbitral Panel to appear before it. The venue for the meetings, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, shall be Thailand, where the complaining Party is Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka, where the complaining Party is Thailand. 2. The Arbitral Panel shall have no ex parte communications concerning a dispute it is considering. 3. The deliberations of the Arbitral Panel and the documents submitted to it shall be kept confidential. Nothing in this Article shall preclude a Party from disclosing to the public statements of its own positions or its submissions, but a Party shall treat as confidential and not disclose, information or written submissions submitted by the other Party to the Arbitral Panel which the latter Party has designated as confidential. 4. The Parties shall transmit to the Arbitral Panel written submissions in which they present the facts of their cases and their arguments and shall do so within the following time limits: (a) for the complaining Party, within 30 days after the establishment of the Arbitral Panel; and (b) for the responding Party, within 30 days after the transmission of the written submission of the complaining Party. 5. Each Party’s written submissions, including any comments on the initial report made in accordance with Article 13.11 (Initial Report), written versions of oral statements and responses to questions put by the Arbitral Panel shall be made available to the other Party. 6. At the request of a Party or on its own initiative, the Arbitral Panel may seek information and technical advice from any person or body that it deems appropriate, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Parties may set. The Arbitral Panel shall provide the Parties with a copy of any advice or opinion obtained and an opportunity to provide comments thereon. 7. The Arbitral Panel shall, in consultation with the Parties, regulate its own procedures governing the rights of the Parties to be heard and its own deliberations where such procedures are not set out otherwise in this Chapter. 8. The rules of procedure or time period provided for in this Chapter may be modified by mutual consent of the Parties.

Rules of Procedures. 1. The Arbitral Panel shall meet in closed session. The Parties shall be present at the meetings only when invited by the Arbitral Panel to appear before it. The venue for the meetings, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, shall be Thailand, where the complaining Party is Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka, where the complaining Party is Thailand. 2. The Arbitral Panel shall have no ex parte communications concerning a dispute it is considering. 3. The deliberations of the Arbitral Panel and the documents submitted to it shall be kept confidential. Nothing in this Article shall preclude a Party from disclosing to the public statements of its own positions or its submissions, but a Party shall treat as confidential and not disclose, information or written submissions submitted by the other Party to the Arbitral Panel which the latter Party has designated as confidential. 4. The Parties shall transmit to the Arbitral Panel written submissions in which they present the facts of their cases and their arguments and shall do so within the following time limits: (a) for the complaining Party, within 30 days after the establishment of the Arbitral Panel; and (b) for the responding Party, within 30 days after the transmission of the written submission of the complaining Party. 5. Each Party’s Partyâs written submissions, including any comments on the initial report made in accordance with Article 13.11 (Initial Report), written versions of oral statements and responses to questions put by the Arbitral Panel shall be made available to the other Party. 6. At the request of a Party or on its own initiative, the Arbitral Panel may seek information and technical advice from any person or body that it deems appropriate, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Parties may set. The Arbitral Panel shall provide the Parties with a copy of any advice or opinion obtained and an opportunity to provide comments thereon. 7. The Arbitral Panel shall, in consultation with the Parties, regulate its own procedures governing the rights of the Parties to be heard and its own deliberations where such procedures are not set out otherwise in this Chapter. 8. The rules of procedure or time period provided for in this Chapter may be modified by mutual consent of the Parties.